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Season 9 (2000-2001)
Season 10 (2001-2002)
Season 11 (2002-2003)
Season 12 (2003-2004)
Season 13 (2004-2005)
Season 14 (2005-2006)
Season 15 (2006-2007)
Season 16 (2007-2008)
Season 17 (2008-2009)
Season 18 (2009-2010)
Season 19 (2010-2011)
Season 20 (2011-2012)

Walton Arts Center Season 9 (2000-2001)

Aeros
Al Jarreau
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Arkansas Repertory Theater: It's a Wonderful Life
Art Party! Exhibit Opening: Wiggle Works of Art
Baltimore Consort, The
Bang on a Can Ensemble
Berta Rojas
Chicago, The Musical
Christopher Parkening and Jubilant Sykes
Cool Cats Jazz with Nancy King
Eileen Ivers
Faye Hanson, storyteller - Tell Me a Story
Forbidden Broadway
Garden Party
Georgia Sea Island Singers, The
Godspell
It's A Wonderful Life - Montana Rep.
John Astin as Edgar Allen Poe – Once Upon a Midnight
Jubilant Sykes and Christopher Parkening
London City Opera – Carmen
Man of La Mancha
Nancy King - Cool Cats Jazz
Nancy King with Steve Christofferson
North Carolina Dance Theater - Mixed Rep
Parson's Dance Company, The – Mixed Rep
President's Own, The - U.S. Marine Band
Reluctant Dragon, The
Riders in the Sky: Holiday Spectacular
Showboat
Steffon Harris
Steve Christofferson with Nancy King
T.S. Monk
Tell Me a Story with Faye Hanson, storyteller
Tony Bennett
Trio Voronezh
US Marine Band - The President's Own
Visible Fictions Theatre Company: The Red Balloon
Youthfest: Alice in Wonderland
Youthfest: Antigone
Youthfest: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Youthfest: Fairyfoot
Youthfest: The Importance of Being Earnest

Walton Arts Center Season 10 (2001-2002)

4 Tops
Annie Get Your Gun
Arkansas Arts Center Tell-A-Tale Troupe: Sleeping Beauty
Avalon String Quartet - Van Cliburn Medallist: The Winners
Bill Cosby
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company
Bucky Pizzarelli
Christmas Carol
Cirque Eloise – Cirque Orchestra
Cirque Orchestra - Cirque Eloise
Claudia Acuna
Copenhagen
Danilo Perez: Motherland Tour
Garden Party
James Sewell Ballet
Landis and Company: Cinderella
London City Opera - The Merry Widow
My Fair Lady
Red Grammer
Rennie Harris Puremovement
Rhythm & Brass: On Your Radio Dial
Saigon Water Puppets
Scottish Christmas
Texas Playboys - Bob Wills
The Acting Company: The Taming of the Shrew
Titanic
Van Cliburn Medallist – with Avalon String Quartet: The Winners
Winners, The: Van Cliburn Medallist – with Avalon String Quartet
Young Actors Repertory - Hush: Interview with America
Young Actors Repertory - The Wrestling Season
Youthfest: She Stoops to Conquer
Youthfest: The Ice Wolf
Youthfest: The Velveteen Rabbit

Walton Arts Center Season 11 (2002-2003)

Amahl and the Night Visitors
An Afternoon of solo piano with Robin Spielberg
Anoushka Shankar
Aquila Theater: The Importance of Being Earnest
Blue Grassy Knoll's "Sherlock Jr."
BodyVox – Mixed Rep
Brian Torff & Randy Sabien
CATS
Claudia Burson Quartet
Complexions Dance Company – Mixed Rep
Conta Brasil & Kenny Barron
David Sedaris
Front Porch Blues
Garden Party
Go, Dog, Go!
Goodnight Opus
Hamlet
James Sewell Ballet - Amahl and the Night Visitors
Kenny Barron & Conta Brasil
Kitty Margolis
Late Nite Catechism
Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba – Mixed Rep
Magpie in Concert
Martina McBride
Midori with Robert McDonald
Mouse and the Motorcycle, The
Music Man
Philip Hamilton
Randy Sabien & Brian Torff
RENT
Robert McDonald with Midori
Robin Spielberg - An Afternoon of solo piano
Stephen Schwartz & Friends
SWING!
Terence Blanchard
WOFA!
Youthfest: Daisy Pull It Off
Youthfest: Tom Sawyer

Walton Arts Center Season 12 (2003-2004)

Adventures of Tom Sawyer
American College Theater Festival
Aquila Theatre: Othello
Art of Wine Festival
Bobby McFerrin
Bowfire
Burhan Ocal & The Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
Capitol Steps, The
Cashore Marionettes
Chicago City Limits
Cirque Eloize – Nomade
Comedy Pet Theatre
Cyrus Chestnut Trio
Dance Theatre of Harlem – Repertoire Night and St. Louis Woman: A Blues Ballet
Fosse
Groupo Corpo Brazilian Dance Theater
Kiss Me Kate
Male Intellect, the
Mass Ensemble
Michael Cooper: Masked Marvels & Wondertales
Michael Martin Murphy
Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel
Miss Nelson is Missing
Miss Saigon
MOMIX – Opus Cactus
Montana Repertory Theater: A Streetcar Named Desire
Moscow Boys' Choir
North Arkansas Symphony - Peter & the Wolf
Not Afraid of the Dark
Nutcracker, The - Tulsa Ballet
Oliver
Peter & the Wolf with the North Arkansas Symphony
Peter Cincotti
Samul Nori
Terry Gross
The Istanbul Oriental Ensemble - Burhan Ocal
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Yellow Jackets

Walton Arts Center Season 13 (2004-2005)

42nd Street
Ailey II
Alexander is Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
American College Theater Festival
Art of Wine Festival
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Mixed Rep
Bernstein Beat, The - Jamie Bernstein
Blind Boys of Alabama, The – Christmas Show
Blues Clues Live
Chieftains, The
Coyote Tales
Curtis Stigers
Dan Zanes and Friends
David Sedaris
Dianne Reeves
Directions in Music - Featuring: Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove
Eliane Elias
Full Monty, The
Graduate, The
Greg Osby Quartet
Guess How Much I Love You
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove - Directions in Music
Inti-Illimani
Jamie Adkins! In Typo
Jamie Bernstein - The Bernstein Beat
Kronos Quartet
La Traviata
Late Nite Catechism - The Mystery of the Magi's Gold
Les Misérables
Michael Brecker, Herbie Hancock & Roy Hargrove - Directions in Music
Michael Bublé
ODC/San Francisco Dance Company – The Velveteen Rabbit
Pilobolus Too
Riverdance
Roy Hargrove, Michael Brecker & Herbie Hancock - Directions in Music
Ryan Cabrera
Tony n' Tina's Wedding
Tuscan Sun Festival Orchestra, The
Wonder Bread Years,

Walton Arts Center Season 14 (2005-2006)

Amos Lee
Ancient Dances featuring Wu Man
Anoushka Shankar, Ravi Shankar - Festival of India III
Art of Wine Festival
Ashlee Simpson
Astral Project
Ballet Hispanico - Mixed Rep
BLAST!
Brian Lynch & Conrad Herwig - Latin Side of Coltrane
Bunk Bed Brothers
Children of Uganda, The
Cirque Eloize - Rain
Clifford, The Big Red Dog
Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch - Latin Side of Coltrane
Doctor Dolittle
Dynomo Theatre - Me, Me, Me
Frog & His Friends
Garrison Keillor
Harvey Korman & Tim Conway: Together Again
Jane Monheit
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago - The Nutcracker
L.A. Theatre Works: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial
Latin Side of Coltrane: featuring Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch
Lily Tomlin
Los Folkloristas
Luciana Souza Quartet
Marcia Ball
Mark Morris Dance Group
Michael McDonald
Miguel Zenon Quartet
Nutcracker, The - Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
Oklahoma!
Pablo Ziegler's Trio for New Tango
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar - Festival of India III
Revenge of the Reindeer - Chicago City Limits
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Snowflake
Stinky Cheese Man and other Fair(l)y (stoopid) Tales
Tap Kids
The Will Rogers Follies
Tim Conway & Harvey Korman: Together Again
Turtle Island String Quartet
Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favourites
Wu Man - Ancient Dances

Walton Arts Center Season 15 (2006-2007)

Ahn Trio: Ahn Plugged, The
AIDA
Al Green
Art of Wine Festival
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - Mixed Rep
Badi Assad
Ball in the House
Ballet Folklórico de Mexico
Bonnie Rideout Scottish Trio
Canadian Brass
Captain Louie
Chiara Civello
Daniel Bernard Roumain String Quartet (DBR): A Civil Rights Reader
Dave Brubeck Quartet & Ramsey Lewis Trio
DBR: A Civil Rights Reader (Daniel Bernard Roumain String Quartet)
Denmark's Det Lille Turneteater: Hamlet
Discover Theater! Featuring Disney's Cinderella Kids & The Jungle Book Kids
Don Byron Plays Junior Walker
Dorothy the Dinosaur's Dance Party
East Village Opera Company
Ed Simon Venezuelan Project
Family Poetry Slam with The Mayhem Poets
Felix Justice & Danny Glover: An Evening w/Martin & Langston
Goodbye Mr. Muffin
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
I Can't Stop Loving You
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Jason Mraz
Jeff Corwin, Tales from the Field
KODO
LEGENDS!
Mamma Mia!
Marie Osmond's The Magic of Christmas
Mayhem Poets, The - Family Poetry Slam
Michael W. Smith
New Year's Eve "Eve" Party
Not Afraid of the Dark
Nutcracker, The - Moscow Classical Ballet
One Man Star Wars
Pat Martino Quartet
Pirates of Penzance
Pluck!
Producers, The
Ramsey Lewis Trio & Dave Brubeck Quartet
Second City - Truth, Justice or the American Way
Star Keeper
STREB – Wild Blue Yonder
Tales from the Field with Jeff Corwin
THWAK featuring The Umbilical Brothers
Umbilical Brothers, The - THWAK
Vince Gill

Walton Arts Center Season 16 (2007-2008)

7 Fingers (les 7 doigts de la main): Traces
A Year with Frog & Toad
Addy: An American Girl Story
African Children's Choir
Annie
Anonymous 4 – long time traveling
Arlo Guthrie
Art of Wine Festival
Beakman Live!
Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea & Jack DeJohnette
Brooklyn Rider & Yo Yo Ma
Cherryholmes
Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin & Jack DeJohnette
Dave Valentin
Flamenco Vivo: On Stage! Fiesta Flamenca and Carmen: El Baile
Flat Stanley, Musical Adventures of
Frog & Toad, A Year with
Go, Dog, Go!
Guy Davis – Family Blues Show
Hairspray
Houston Ballet – Repertory Night and Madame Butterfly
Imagine a Moment
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Jack DeJohnette, Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea
Jesus Christ Superstar
Karrin Allyson
Lascivious Biddies, The
Late Nite Catechism 2
Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano: Cinco de Mayo
Mavis Staples / North Mississippi All-Stars
MOMIX - Best of MOMIX
Movin' Out
Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
North Mississippi All-Stars / Mavis Staples
Peter Pan
Ravi Coltrane Quartet
Ray Brown Tribute Band
Ring of Fire
Shaolin Warriors
Snow Dragon, The
Solid Blues
STOMP
Swimmy, Frederick and Inch by Inch
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The 5 Browns
Traces - 7 Fingers (les 7 doigts de la main)
Trisha Yearwood
UA Schola Cantorum & Master Chorale – Handel's Messiah & Sing-A-Long Messiah
Yo Yo Ma with Brooklyn Rider

Walton Arts Center Season 17 (2008-2009)

Aquila Theatre: Comedy of Errors
Aquila Theatre: The Iliad
Art of Wine Festival
Avenue Q
Beatles Experience, The - RAIN
Branford Marsalis - Marsalis Brasilianos
CeCe Winans: A Holiday Show
Chris Thile – Punch Brothers
Christmas Carol – University Theatre
Cirque Eloize – Nebbia
Complexions Dance Company – Mixed Rep
David Michalek 's Exhibition: Slow Dancing
Drumline Live
Fiddler on the Roof
Gruffalo, The
Hot Club of San Francisco
Ira Glass: Radio Stories and Other Stories
Itzhak Perlman
Jamie Baum Septet
Jason and the Argonauts
Joey DeFrancesco Trio
John Hiatt & Lyle Lovett – The Songwriters Tour
John Mueller's Winter Dance Party
Jungle Jack Hanna
LA Theatre Works: Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers with Stacy Keach, John Heard, Susan Sullivan
LA Theatre Works: War of the Worlds & The Lost World
Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal - Minus One
Lionel Loueke Trio
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt – The Songwriters Tour
MacHomer - Rick Miller
Magic Tree House: The Musical
Mariza
Marsalis Brasilianos - Branford Marsalis
Monty Python's SPAMALOT
Mose Allison
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
National Symphony Orchestra
Nobodies of Comedy
Passing Zone, The
Punch Brothers - Chris Thile
RAIN: The Beatles Experience
Rick Miller - MacHomer
Robert Cray Band, The
San Jose Taiko
ScrapArtsMusic
Second City - DeFace the Nation
Slow Dancing – Exhibition by David Michalek
Sonny Rollins
Spencer's Theater of Illusion
Stellaluna
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tango Fire – Mixed Rep
TheatreSquared presents Fully Committed
Trey McIntyre Project – Mixed Rep
University Theatre: A Christmas Carol
US Navy Band Sea Chanters
Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favourites
Wizard of OZ

Walton Arts Center Season 18 (2009-2010)

A Year with Frog & Toad
Afinidad – Edward Simon & David Binney, Gretchen Parlato, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez, Adam Rodgers and Rogerio Boccato
American Revival: Celebrating the New Stars of American Roots Music - The Dixie Bee Liners, Sierra Hull & Uncle Earl
Art of Wine Festival
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - The Nutcracker
Band of the Irish Guards and Pipes of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Bearfoot
Bill Engvall
Bo Eason - Runt of the Litter
Brooklyn Rider and Kayhan Kalhor
Chanticleer
Charlie Hunter Duo
Cyro Baptista's "Banquet of the Spirits"
Daisy Mayheim & Rani Arbo
David Binney & Edward Simon, Gretchen Parlato, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez, Adam Rodgers and Rogerio Boccato - Afinidad
David Sedaris
Dixie Bee Liners, Sierra Hull & Uncle Earl - American Revival: Celebrating the New Stars of American Roots Music
Drowsy Chaperone, The
Edward Simon & David Binney, Gretchen Parlato, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez, Adam Rodgers and Rogerio Boccato - Afinidad
Frederica von Stade & Samuel Ramey
Frog & Toad, A Year with
Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny
Grease
Hairspray
Hiromi Uehara
Hobbit, The
Hot Swing Quartet - Mark O'Connor
Interpreti Veneziani
Jason and the Argonauts
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis
Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider
Keb' Mo'
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Legally Blonde
Little Big Town & The Lost Trailers
Little House on the Prairie
Lost Trailers, The & Little Big Town
Luna Negra Dance Theater – Mi Familia/My Dance
Man Who Planted Trees
Mannheim Steamroller – Christmas Music
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Quartet
Mike Rayburn's No Strings Attached
MOMIX – Botanica
Nutcracker, The - Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
One Night of Queen
Peter & the Wolf
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayheim
Rat Pack is Back for the Holidays
Riverdance Farewell Performances!
Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon
Samuel Ramey & Frederica von Stade
Second City – 50th Anniversary Tour
Sierra Hull, The Dixie Bee Liners, & Uncle Earl - American Revival: Celebrating the New Stars of American Roots Music
South Pacific
Spaghetti Western Orchestra, The
Sweet Can Circus
Thank You Gregory: A Tribute to the Legends of Tap
Tomie De Paola's Strega Nona: The Musical
Tower of Power
TPO Farfalle (Butterflies)
UA Schola Cantorum & Master Chorale – Handel's Messiah
Uncle Earl, Sierra Hull, & The Dixie Bee Liners - American Revival: Celebrating the New Stars of American Roots Music
University Theatre: Death of a Salesman
Wedding Singer
Wynton Marsalis – Jazz at Lincoln Center
ZUM

Walton Arts Center Season 19 (2010-2011)

100 Years of Broadway
39 Ste[s
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
American Legacies: The Del McCoury Band and Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Amy Grant
Arlo Guthrie
Arturo Sandoval
Augusta Reed Thomas
B.B. King
Beakman on the Brain
Beauty and the Beast
Bill Bryson
Blind Boys of Alabama
Blue Man Group
Canadian Tenors
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Chieftains, The
Chris Isaak
CND II
Composer's Showcase
Compania Nacional de Danza II
Dala
David Sedaris
Drumline Live!
Ferdinand the Bull
Frank Vignola
Fulbright Concerto Competition
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Harvard Glee Club
Icelandic Sheep (Kindur) by TPO
Jason Aldean
John Pizzarelli Trio
Joshua Bell
Jubilant Sykes and Alan Chow
Julian Lage Group
Kathy Mattea Christmas
Kenny Barron Trio
Kenny G
King's Singers
Kurt Elling Quintet
Les Miserables
Little Big Town
Maceo Parker
Mamma Mia!
Martin Short
Mikado, The
New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players - The Mikado
Nobodies of Comedy
Omara Portuondo
Parson's Dance Company, The – Remember Me
Peking Acrobats
Philharmonia Quartett Berline
Pink Floyd Experience
Randy Newman
Reasons To Be Pretty
Ron White
Room on the Broom
Second City- Dysfunctional Christmas
SONA Opening Concert
SPAMALOT - Monty Python's
Spring Awakening
Susan Werner
Swimmy, Frederick and Inch by Inch
Tango Fire – Tango Inferno
The Chieftans
The Color Purple
The Mikado
The Second City: Dysfunctional Holiday
TheatreSquared presents 39 Steps
TheatreSquared presents Sundown Town
Thomas & Friends
Tierney Sutton
Trey McIntyre Project – Mixed Rep
UA Chrismas Carol
University Theatre: Every Christmas Story Ever Told
Vienna Boys Choir
Young Frankenstein

Walton Arts Center Season 20 (2011-2012)

West Side Story
Rock of Ages
Million Dollar Quartet
Circus Oz
Mary Poppins
Martha Graham Dance Company
Munich Symphony-Mozart's Requiem
Emerson String Quartet
Aquila Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest
Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band
Mark Morris Dance Group
Time for Three
TAO: The Art of the Drum
San Francisco Jazz Collective: The Music of Stevie Wonder Plus Original Compositions
The Whiffenpoofs of Yale
Diavolo: Fearful Symmetries
Artospher Festival Orchestra
James Falea: I Hate Rabbits
Holiday Cocktails with Larry Miller
Bring It On: The Musical
In TheHeights
Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers
The Midtown Men
Loretta Lynn
Kenny Rogers Christmas and Hits
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Manhattan Transfer- Holiday Show
Step Afrika!
The Nutcracker by The Moscow Classical Ballet
Blue Man Group
The Intergalactic Nemesis
The Peking Acrobats
Alice in Wonderland by Theatre Tout A Trac
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical
Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance adventure by Hubbard Street 2
A Brown bear, A Moon and A Caterpillar: Treasured Stories by Eric Carle
Milkshake
Rene Marie
Anat Cohen
Tia Fuller
Dala
Hubbard Street 2: Repertory Night
Lewis Black: In God We Rust